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The Great Blizzard
South Yorkshire Times March 3, 1933
The Great Blizzard
The severest snowstorm in living memory broke over South Yorkshire on Friday afternoon and continued without intermission...
Accident at Thrybergh Hall – Inquest at Conisborough.
Mexborough & Swinton Times - Friday 31 March 1893
Accident at Thrybergh Hall
Inquest at Conisborough.
On Monday, at the Station Hotel, Conisborough, Mr. P. E....
Editorial – A Great Step Forward
South Yorkshire Times, September 30th 1944
A Great Step Forward
Having held the pass for a critical period in this greatest of wars Britain now proposes...
Editorial – The Fight for the Rhine
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd 1944
The Fight for the Rhine
Since the last war the fact that Germany “gave in too soon” has often been...
Sailor- Fearn, Lawrence – Letter From Monty
South Yorkshire Times, September 23rd, 1944
Letter From Monty
Miss Vera Fearn, “Rookwood,” Rockingham Road, Swinton, has received letters from General Montgomery and General Alexander thanking...
Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944
The Nazi Struggle for Survival
Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...
Editorial – The Nazi Struggle for Survival
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944
The Nazi Struggle for Survival
Hitler’s boasts that he had thrust the war six hundred miles from the frontiers of...
Hit By Huge Stone – Swinton Collier Killed
South Yorkshire Times, September 16th 1944
Hit By Huge Stone
Swinton Collier Killed
While working in the Silkstone seam in the number three pit at Manvers Main...
Editorial – Sparring For the Knock-Out
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944
Sparring For the Knock-Out
Where the German army overran Holland, Belgium, and France in a matter of weeks the Allies...
Soldier – Hill, Ronald – Wounded in Burma
South Yorkshire Times, September 9th 1944
Wounded in Burma
L/Cpl. Ronald Hill (20), only son of Mr. and Mrs. Rob Hill of 27, Cromwell Road, Mexborough,...
Editorial – How Long?
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944
How Long?
Allied armies are now deploying on the battlefields of the last war. Names rendered familiar by the swaying...
Footballer Signs
South Yorkshire Times, September 2nd 1944
Footballer Signs
Dick Woffinden, of Kilnhurst, the well-known local player, who was recently given his release by Barnsley F.C. has...
Soldier – Hinchliffe, Harry – Broadcasts with Army Service
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th, 1944
Broadcasts with Army Service
A Kilnhurst man is one of the members of the staff of the Army Broadcasting Service,...
Editorial – France Rises Again
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944
France Rises Again
This is France’s great week. Everywhere the grip of the German tyrants is being loosened. On all...
Editorial – Forcing the Pace
South Yorkshire Times, August 26th 1944
Forcing the Pace
Without much specific information being available about the new Allied attack in the South of France it...
Soldier – Peck S. – In Italy
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944
In Italy
Gnr. S. Peck of 18, Greenwood Road, Kilnhurst, who is serving with the Eighth Army in Italy in...
Editorial – Allied Mastery
South Yorkshire Times, August 5th 1944
Allied Mastery
Despite the statement, cautiously qualified, that “victory may come soon” Mr. Churchill studiously preferred to record rather than...
Editorial – When Rogues Fall Out
South Yorkshire Times, July 29th, 1944
When Rogues Fall Out
Like a good defensive fighter the Nazis have covered up quickly after the staggering blow which...
South Yorkshire Welcomes London Evacuees
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th 1944
Billeting Arrangements Work Well
South Yorkshire Welcomes London Evacuees
Evacuees, mothers with small children and school children, have this week been...
Editorial – Careless Talk
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944
Careless Talk
Careless talk, which has been the theme for many an official sermon, is not the monopoly of the...
Soldier – Blunn, Arthur – Wounded In Normandy
South Yorkshire Times, July 22nd, 1944
Wounded In Normandy
Mrs. Blunn, of 43, Wheatley Road, Kilnhurst, has received a letter from her husband Bdr. Arthur Blunn,...
Kilnhurst and Mexborough Men’s “Clocking” Offence
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th 1944
Kilnhurst and Mexborough Men’s “Clocking” Offence
Joseph Turton (30), saw operator, of 65, Springfield Road, Kilnhurst, and William T. Howitt,...
New Dearne Councillor is Youngest Member
South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944
New Dearne Councillor
Is Youngest Member
The new member appointed at last week’s meeting of the Dearne Urban Council to succeed...